Designation of groups from Italy, Germany and Greece labelled ‘ridiculous’ as experts say no active threat posed

Designation of groups from Italy, Germany and Greece labelled ‘ridiculous’ as experts say no active threat posed

Experts have told the Guardian the same anti-fascist groups the US state department recently named as foreign terrorist organizations and accused of “conspiring to undermine foundations of western civilization” barely qualify as groups, let alone terrorist organizations, and pose no active threat to Americans.

“The whole thing is a bit ridiculous,” said Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, which tracks extremist movements worldwide, “because the groups designated by the administration barely exist and certainly aren’t terrorists.”

In a release put out earlier this month, the Trump administration, which has made no secret of its hatred for leftists in the US and abroad, named Antifa Ost in Germany, the Italy-based International Revolutionary Front, and two organisations in Greece – Armed Proletarian Justice and Revolutionary Class Self Defense – to its long list of designated terrorist organizations.

  • leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    Fascism is corporatism.

    In case anyone isn’t clear on that…:

    Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.

    — Benito fucking Mussolini. You know, the fascist who arguably invented fascism, or at least popularised its name.

    It’s a shame the name based on a bundle of sticks became the popular one instead of the one that tells it like it is, but I suppose not even fascists would support fascism if it was named appropriately.